Laundry appliance



Feb. 24, 1925.

A. FREMDER LAUNDRY APPLIANCE Filed Oct, 50 1922 "of water both hot and cold I Can Patented F eb. 24 1925.

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' Application led October 30, 1922. Serial No. 597,'911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ADoLPH FREMDER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at l812 Leland Avenue, Universit Cit in the county of St. Louis and State of issouri, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Laundry Appliances, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to make a rotary wash tub which will facilitate the handling of the articles-to be washed. A more s ecific object is to make a wash tub dividedp into compartments, each of which has a drain and to each of which a source may be easily conducted. A still further object is to make a wash tub in which the compartments are contiguous to each other providing means for'securing a wringer to one of the compartments so that the articles to be washed be removed from one compartment through the wringer directly to the contiguous compartment. A further object is to make a wash tub of 'standard material which can be easily assembled and which lends 'itself readily to multiple production; With these and other objects in view my invention has relation to certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully de'- scribed, pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the drawings in which- Fig. 1 is a plan view of my device and Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional elevation taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Numeral 3 designates an integral stand usually made of metal, circular in cross section and having the inverted truste-conical depression 4 in its center. At the lower end of the truste-conical depression 4 is formed the drain pipev 5. The parts thus -far described are made of cast metal and integral. Numeral 6 designates a tub usually made of sheet metal construction with the tube 7 positioned in its center and secured at its bottom r as best shown in Fig. 2. ln the tub 6 equidistant and radially disposed are positioned the partitions'Q which are secured at their one side to the tub 6 and at their other to the tube 7. The tub 6 is thereby divided into three compartments of equal size. A drain; plug 10 is positioned at the bottom of each compartment. yli`he tub 6 is rotatively mounted on the stand 3 by means et 24 is selectively the ball-bearings or rollers 11 which are seated on the stand 3 in the annular race way 12 and seated on the bottom o1' the y tub 6 in the annular race way such as 13.

It will be seen that the tub 6 may be rotated by means of this construction on the stand 3 around the centers of the stand and tub. Two pipes 14 and 15 are provided whlch pass through the tube 7 and through the vstand 3 at their lower ends at 16 and 17 as best shown in Fig. 2. At the upper end of the pipes v14 and 15 are secured faucets 18 and 19. One of the pipes such as 17 is connected to a source of cold water supply and the other 16 is connected to a source of het water supply. The pipe 5 is connected to the waste pipe draln. vThe plugs 10 are so positioned that they establish communication between the compartment in which they are located and the pipe 5. In order to lock the tub in any desired position blind holes 20 are provided in the bottom of the tub at convenient intervals. A pin 21 is provided to be inserted in said hole. A lever 22 is rotatively secured in a slot in the stand 3 at 23. The pin 2l rests on the lever so that when the lever is rotated upwardly the into the hole 20 its other en extending and resting on the lever 22 near the slot at 23, thereby preventinga rotation of the tub when the pin is in that position. A wringer secured to either of the partions 9. The operation of my device is as followsz The objects to be washed such as clothes are positioned in one of the compartments after the plug 10 in that compartment has been closed and water permitted to run in that compartment from each of the faucets 18 and 19 until the proper temperature isy obtained. The clothes after being treated in the conventional manner are then run through the conventional wringer which is clamped to one of the partitions forming one of the sides of the compartment. The tub is then rot-ated manually in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. l until the next compartment to the left is brought before the operator.. rlhe plug with in the conventional manner. .The third 10 is then released from the first compartment and the in 2l is pushed Miti) lll@ compartment is then filled with water and bluing, and the clothes lifted over the second partition to the third compartment when the plug in the second compartment is opened to permit the disposition of the water. By these means it is possible for the operatorv to perform each of the operations indicated without moving and the water supply is always conveniently located to the operator in the use of each compartment. Of course, several wringers can be attached, one to each partition.

What I claim and mean to secure by Letters Patent isl. In combination with a stand having a pipe formed therein, a tub having compartments formed therein, a drain positioned in each compartment and means of Huid communication between said drain and the pipe formed in said stand.

2. In combination with a compartmental tub having a vertical tube formed therein, a stand having a depression formed therein in fluid communication with a drain pipe,

valved fluid communications between the compartments of'said tub and the depression of said stand.

3. In combination with a compartmental tub having a vertical tube formed therein, a supply pipe extending through said tube, a stand having a depression formed therein in fluid communication with a drain pipe, valved fiuid communications between the compartments of said tub and the depression of said stand, said tub rotatively secured to said stand, and means for securing said tub against rotation.

4. In combination with a stand having a depression formed therein in communication with a drain pipe, a compartmental tub rotatively secured to said stand, a drain being located in each compartment of said tub, which drains are in all positions in fluid communication with the depression in said stand.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ADOLPH FREMDER. 

